Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 7 08 Jun 2026, 08:04

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Upgrading an old Tails USB installation 87 0 0 0 0 87 7 0 7 11:17.801 Passed
Tags: @product
Feature Upgrading an old Tails USB installation
As a Tails user If I have an old version of Tails installed on a USB device and the USB device has a Persistent Storage I want to upgrade Tails on it and keep my Persistent Storage in the process
Tags: @product
1:12.155
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given a computer 0.054
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.015
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.825
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 55.061
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.568
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.216
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.035
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.047
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.182
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
1:26.702
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 53.567
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.226
And I create a persistent partition 23.854
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.314
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.523
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
1:24.945
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given a computer 0.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.822
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.259
And all tps features are active 1.195
When I write some files expected to persist 1.274
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.159
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.309
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.920
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.170
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.088
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 11.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
2:10.691
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.298
And I log in to a new session 12.919
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.723
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.221
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.543
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.697
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.157
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 2.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.908
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given a computer 0.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.638
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.025
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.304
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.687
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.230
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:35.884
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.080
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.079
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.243
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.077
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.225
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.444
When the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 13.449
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.285
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.117
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.511
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.020
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.025
And all tps features are active 2.131
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.220
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.041
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.130
# We'll really install Tails_amd64_6.0~testoverlayfs_to_6.3~testoverlayfs.iuk
# but we need some way to force upgrading a second time in a row
# even if only the initially installed version is considered
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.217
When the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.857
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.572
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.862
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.995
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.066
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.051
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.336
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.055
# Regression test for #17425 (i.e. the Upgrader would propose
# upgrading to the version that's already running)
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.128
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.179
When the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.665
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.610
# Regression test on #8158 (i.e. the IUK's filesystem is not part of the Unsafe Browser's chroot)
And I successfully start the Unsafe Browser 3.730
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.513
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.268
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.248
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.047
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.040
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.345
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000